The California Institute of Modern Art (CIMA) opened its new campus in Century City, Los Angeles in 1965, marking a significant moment in the city’s art scene. The myth of California— and particularly of southern California—looms large in the modern psyche. With the rise of boundary-pushing galleries and new museums, Los Angeles grew a pool of forward-thinking collectors who were open to emerging forms that responded to the media-saturated world around them. Local and visiting artists mined the creative liberty of Los Angeles via a wide range of approaches spanning Pop, Conceptualism and hardedge abstraction.
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